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surface tension

NOUN
  1. a phenomenon at the surface of a liquid caused by intermolecular forces

How To Use surface tension In A Sentence

  • This is because a certain number of molecules are needed to adsorb at the surface to affect the surface tension.
  • The attractive forces between molecules in a liquid are called surface tension forces and are what hold the liquid together.
  • Science finds that a surface tension on the water can draw the boats together, like toy boats in a bathtub.
  • The metal's surface tension is great enough to permit a steel needle to be floated on its surface.
  • In addition, a thin layer of liquid lining the alveoli exerts surface tension, tending to collapse the lungs, although this surface tension is greatly decreased by the presence of surfactant.
  • T. caries (Fig. 1a), the merger of Buller's drop with a prominent adaxial drop is associated with a much greater change in surface tension that powers the longer flight of the spore. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • I'll have to see if roughening the line with clay increases surface tension. Are You Sold on Fluorocarbon?
  • Hydrogen bonds are also responsible for water's high surface tension and specific and latent heats.
  • Allowing the leader to straighten, I hauled on the line to break the surface tension, then tossed the whole caboodle into the centre current well above the trout.
  • The principle stress-bearing elements of the lung, which account for its tendency to recoil, are elastin and collagen fiber networks and surface tension.
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